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Large famille rose plate with purple and yellow decoration on a white ground depicting pink flowers with white edges surrounding a vase resting on a tabouret. This motif may have been inspired by an unusual type of decoration known as “à l’échantillon” or “aux cent antiques,” resuming a Taoist ritual.

Provenance

Until about 1959, Vandenbussche-Faucheur collection, Lille; 1959, given by the Vandenbussche-Faucheur family to the G. Ephis collection (private collector), France; 2012, sold by the G. Ephis collection to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 2012)